(A) Upon completion of all improvements, the sub-divider shall request that the City Manager perform an
inspection.
(B) After the inspection, the City Manager will do one of the following:
(1) Issue a letter to the City Council, with a copy to the sub-divider, recommending the start of a two-year maintenance period;
(2) Issue a letter to the sub-divider, with a copy to the City Council, listing items of work necessary to accomplish satisfactory completion of the improvements;
(3) (a) The two-year maintenance period begins when the City Manager officially acknowledge the receipt of the maintenance guarantee. During the two-year maintenance period, the sub-divider shall be responsible for maintenance of all improvements, including snow removal and grass mowing, and shall repair all failures due to faulty construction as soon as they become apparent. The sub-divider shall also make repairs due to erosion or abuse by utility companies installing utilities and shall repair all failure, for all other reasons, during the two-year maintenance period. The sub-divider shall restore the improvements at the end of the maintenance period. The maintenance guarantee shall remain in effect until final acceptance of improvements by the City Manager. Before the City Manager will release the maintenance guarantee, the sub-divider shall submit a sworn statement that all bills and financial obligations incurred for maintenance or restoration of the subdivision improvements have been fully paid. After the two-year maintenance period, the sub-divider shall, after restoring all improvements to an acceptable condition, and after all monies are paid to contractors, request that the City Manager perform an inspection for final acceptance.
(b) After the inspection, the Planning Commission will do one of the following:
1. Issue a letter to the City Council, with a copy to the sub-divider, recommending final acceptance of the improvements and release of maintenance guarantee; and
2. Issue a letter to the sub-divider, with a copy to the City Council, listing items of work necessary to accomplish before the recommendation for final acceptance can be made.
(4) The City Council will vote to accept the improvements after the City Manager has recommended final acceptance. Upon acceptance of the public improvements, the City Manager will file an affidavit with the appropriate County Recorder stating the public improvements on the referenced plat have been accepted. The County Recorder will record the affidavit and note it on the referenced plat.
(Prior Code, § 23.08.09)